The reason is that the ecliptic – or the moon’s orbital path – makes a narrow angle with the evening horizon around the time of the autumn equinox. But when a full moon happens close to the autumnal equinox – either a Harvest or a Hunter’s Moon – the moon (at mid-temperate latitudes) rises only about 30 to 35 minutes later daily for several days before and after the full moon. On average, the moon rises about 50 minutes later each day. Nature is particularly cooperative around the time of the autumn equinox to make the fall full moonrises unique. Thank you, Swami Krishnananda! What makes this moon special? Swami Krishnananda in Ranchi, India, captured this photo during Kartik in 2017. The festival will come around the November full moon (night of November 18-19 in India).
The West’s Hunter’s Moon is sometimes celebrated as Kartik Purnima in India. The light of the full moon would let them hunt into the evening hours. After the harvest, farmers would turn to hunting deer and other animals to bolster their food stores before winter. In North America, the Harvest Moon was a time when the bright moon meant farmers could stay out later, working in their fields, gathering in the crops before the first freeze. But, every three years, the Harvest Moon falls in early October and the Hunter’s Moon in November. The equinox is typically September 22 or 23. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the September equinox, or autumnal equinox for the Northern Hemisphere. But some moon names, such as the Harvest and Hunter’s Moons, are tied to seasons. So the full moon has different characteristics.Įvery full moon has a slew of nicknames, and most are tied to months of the year. It’s not a Hunter’s Moon for the Southern Hemisphere because it’s spring in that hemisphere now. It’s a characteristic of the Hunter’s Moon to rise around the time of sunset for several evenings in a row, as if this month has more than one full moon.Įastern Australia and New Zealand will see the full moon on October 21. On October 21, and even on October 22, you might glimpse a full round moon ascending in the east in early evening. October 2021’s full moon – the Northern Hemisphere’s Hunter’s Moon – will be 100% lit on October 20 at 14:56 UTC translate UTC to your time. It usually falls in October, but, if not, it falls in early November. The Hunter’s Moon is the full moon after the Harvest Moon. Here’s the 2017 Hunter’s Moon over Bloomington, Indiana, via Ken Meadows.
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